Question
Combat (i) They both reached for their combat
suits and weapons. (ii) Young children have to combat the constant desire to eat chocolate. (iii) It is usually a hard combat rock containing striated stones. Directions: In each of the following questions, a word has been used in sentences in THREE different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentences in which the usage of the word is CORRECT or APPROPRIATE.Solution
i- here, ‘combat suit’ means suit used for a fight. ii- here, ‘combat’ means ‘to try to stop something unpleasant or harmful from happening or increasing’. iii- here, the usage of ‘combat’ is incorrect.
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